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    I like that idea (seeing as I tried that in the _other_ night fishing
    tourney note. :-)
    
    Lets get a group together and have some fun!
    
    The Doctah

Pawtuckaway (heh...heh) at NIGHT (heh...heh)?

COUNT ME IN.

PARTNER TBD.

-HSJ-

    Note its friday. Lunch time - thank god, I thought I was the only
    one in today....   Bet this note wont get really active till tuesday
    when the rest of THEM come back.
    
    Count the lavendar in too!!     
    
    (You know whats better than a DINK (=DoubleIncomeNoKids)?? Two paying
    rent!!! Yahoo... Where is my new boat dealer?.)

    Ok, count me in.  Partner TBD.  

    Are you going to be out this way Wayne?

    keith

    
    Ya- I'm in .... Partner T.B.A. 
    
    					Joe.

    Guys, I sure wish I could be going. Night fishing on Pautuckaway
    is one of my favorites.
    
    No BIG fish stories from Georgia yet. I will be going out next
    Saturday, and hopefully will have a good one for you.
    
    Good luck tomorrow.
    
    Carol

Awfully quiet lately...

So who's up for this tourney??  Let's get a few more entries.

Hey Don, are you coordinating this one?

BTW...Fish Factory Fletcher will be my partner.

-HSJ-

     How much work/expense is it to add lights to an aluminum boat?
    If it isn't too much work or too expensive, my cousin and I will be
    psyched to do a night tourney.
    
    The doctah

    Doctah, since this was your original idea, and you haven't run one of 
    these fiascos yet... if your definitely going to fish, how would you
    like to run it?   (there's not much to it really)
    
    It's a piece of cake adding lights to an alum boat.  You can by cheap
    clamp on battery deals or you can buy mountable 'stowaway' (or similar)
    lights.  I'd also recommend a hand held spot...
    
    donmac - who just remebered the last time out at night his 
             stern light was out...  have to fixe that... 
    

Doctah,

If you're interested, I have bow and stern clamp-on, battery operated lights
that I'd be willing to sell.  They've only been used a couple of times.  I'm
not sure what I paid for them, but the price would be quite reasonable.  If
you're planning to fish Pawtuckaway, I'd bring them with me.

-HSJ-

    I'm gonna see my cousin tonight. Let's see what he's up to.
    
    Do I need one of those huge batteries to run the lights? They get kinda 
    expensive.
    
    Anybody else that's interested in this tourney- speak up now! If we
    can't get enough interest to make it worth our while to have a tourney-
    maybe we'll just get together for some nice night bass fishing. (Ok- so
    we'll have a hawg pool anyhow :-)
    
    Let's get some interest here.
    
    the Doctah

    Night fishing in July, sounds like a winner. Put me down for this one.
    
    Kliff,
    

Hey, Kliff...unless we don't have a good turn-out, I think this is scheduled 
as a partner tourney.  Make sure you line up a buddy.

Doctah...the lights are battery operated, ie either C or D-cells (2 each).  
You really will only need them on while under way or when other boat traffic 
is approaching.  Let me know if you're interested.
   
joe 

    As of Friday, I'll be out of the office for 3 weeks and probably will
    not get in here (the notesfile) much during that time.
    
    So, The Doctah and Joe can work out the details here.
    
    We haven't set a time yet, how about something like 3-10pm?
    
    donmac
    
    
    

    Yo from down yonder.....
    
    when you Hampshirites get a "Stumpfield Marsh Event" in the works...
    give me a yell!
    
    $30 for a NH. registration, right?...for 2 yrs...right?
    
    				MassMaster

     I don't mind being "in charge," but I need some help equipment-wise.
    I don't have one of them handy dandy bass rulers, nor do I have an
    accurate scale. If I get a response as to how to overcome these
    problems, I'll start writing up the rules and setting things up. Ok?
    
    The Doctah

    Jeff, NH registration is for one year and the cost depends on the boat,
    you can call a NH marina for a price.
    
    Doctah, don't worry about the scale and ruler, there will be a number
    of us there with proper stuff.
    
    555.117 contains all the tourny notes, I'm sure you'll find lots of 
    templates for rules and ideas amongst them.
    
    donmac

Doctah,

Like Don said, there's no problem with the weigh-in.  Both Don and I have 
electronic scales.  BTW..let me know if you want my battery operated running 
lights.

Hey, Jeff L.  ....  I think you'd like Pawtuckaway!  It's got brush islands,
lots of lily pads and weeds, rocks, islands, drop-offs, etc.  It also has
both small and largemouth, althought the smallies are only in one small
area.  I've caught several 7+ lbers out of there.  You should join us! 

I vote for a 3 PM to 10 PM tourney.  

Now...let's get some more entries!

-HSJ-

    I can see the smallies shaking in their scales right now...knowing the
    team of, Lange & Lange will be stalking the waters of NH.
    
    count us in for the July 8th NH extravaganza...
    
    7 lbers ay? Joe! 
    Way to go!
    
    Now to get that stern light working on the Deck Monster!

     Well I'll see if my partner can make it to this tourney. This should
    be very interesting since I've never fished there before and trying
    to navigate the rocks at night!!!!! So you can put the team of
    Bass-O-Matic and Fatso down for now and I'll see if his wife (the
    boss) will let him out for the night (you know, how dare you have
    fun without me!)
    
    Bass-O-Matic
    

    Yeah- I want the lights.
    
    yeah- It looks like a 3 to 10pm twi-night tourney. Then we can slap
    back brewskis for a couple of hours and still get home in time to wake
    up the wife. :-)
    
    I'll generate a list of rules and specifics. Now write "reply" on your
    screen and sign your butt up!
    
    The doctah

OK!  Now things are starting to crank up!

Here's the entries for the July 8th Pawtuckaway BASH!


"HoleShot" Joe & "Fish Factory" Fletcher
DonMac & TBA
"Doctah" Levesque & TBA
"Lavender" Jack & TBA
Keith "Spinnerbait" Dilsworth & TBA
Joe Tauras & TBA
Kliff Ealy & TBA
Mister & Misses MassMaster Lange
"Bass-O-Matic" Vachon & "Fatso" ?


There are a lot of TBAs ... it'll be interesting to see who pairs up with 
these bozos!

keep 'em coming!

-HSJ-   

This is the "OFFICIAL" note for the Twi-Night Pawtuckaway Tourney.  

Following are the Rules & Regs...

WHERE :  Pawtuckaway Lake, Nottingham, NH
WHEN  :  July 8, 1989 Saturday  (RAIN OR SHINE!!)
WHO   :  Anyone is invited as long as one member of the team is a DEC
         employee.
TIME  :  3:00 PM to 10:00 PM with a weigh-in at the end.
WHAT  :  2 person TEAM event.
FEES  :  $20/team and $5/person for the Hawg Pool (optional)
LIMITS:  20 bass/team (10 bass per each weigh-in)
SIZE  :  12" minimum length, measure with pinched tail.

RULES:

1.   HAVE FUN!

2.   Violators of Rule #1 may be banned from all future events!

3.   ONLY artificial lures allowed - NO live/dead bait allowed (excluding
     pork strips/frogs).

3a.  ONLY ONE line/person in the water at a time.

3b.  NO trolling.

4.   "CATCH & RELEASE" policy in effect.

5.   50 Yard Rule - All boats must keep at least 50 yards distance from 
     another boat's "territory."  No crowding-in.

6.   PAYOFFS! - There will be a 50%-30%-20% spit of the pool for 1st, 2nd,
     and 3rd place teams.  The Hawg Pool goes to the person weighing the 
     heaviest bass.  In the event of a tie, both parties will split the
     proceeds equally.      
   
7.   Starting time will be 3PM prompt from the launch area.  All powered boats
     with motors > 5 HP will draw for starting positions.  Canoes & boats
     with < 5 HP will leave AFTER all powered boats depart to prevent 
     potential swamping from their wakes.

8.   Final weigh-in will be at 10:00 PM at the launch site for ALL.  Given 
     that this event is an all-day affair, it should not be necessary to 
     grant additional time extensions for the smaller boats.

9.  DEAD FISH AT WEIGH-IN -Dead fish will not be penalized though it is
    expected that contestants will do everything in their power to keep
    fish in releaseable condition. 

10.  See Rule #1!

re:  >>> LIMITS:  20 bass/team (10 bass per each weigh-in) <<
     >>> 8.   Final weigh-in will be at 10:00 PM .... <<<

When is the other weigh-in?

re:  >>> LIMITS:  20 bass/team (10 bass per each weigh-in) <<
     >>> 8.   Final weigh-in will be at 10:00 PM .... <<<

I think that was a mistake.  Doctah copied my rules from the Monomonac 
tourney when we had two weigh-ins.  It doesn't make sense to have two at 
this tourney.  One should do.  Do you agree, Doctah?

-HSJ-

    Yes. I got caught napping on that one. I thought I got them all.
    
    Doc

    	And, I will sign up for the back deck of the first TBA that
    sends me a round trip airline ticket for the day in question. :-)

    
    	Well, the team of Tauras and Martinez is announced.....
    
    	Thats Joe "Sookie" Martinez (my Father in Law)....   
    
    	Who passed on the "Glacier Gash Fishing Tourney" for this one....

    Keep 'em coming. Let's build up a large amount of prize money. I hope
    to do as well as Donmac (ie win my own tournament :-)
    
    Yeeha!
    
    The Doctah

    I'm in but I still need a partner. I have a boat, lights included,
    registered in NH but I need a willing 2nd, preferably someone who
    knows how to fish as my skill is marginal. Send mail to GERBIL::JAFFE
    or DTN 264-2367.
    
    Joel

    This sounds like fun! count me in. Team of Mike Paul and Jerry
    Smith
    
    'crankin' in the big one
    Mike

Here's the entries for the July 8th Pawtuckaway BASH!


"HoleShot" Joe & "Fish Factory" Fletcher
DonMac & TBA
"Doctah" Levesque & Reggie "Crank 'em in" Ouellette
"Lavender" Jack & TBA
Keith "Spinnerbait" Dilsworth & TBA
Joe Tauras & Joe "Sookie" Martinez
Kliff Ealy & TBA
Mister & Misses MassMaster Lange
"Bass-O-Matic" Vachon & "Fatso" ?
Joel Jaffe & TBA
Mike Paul & Jerry Smith

 Keep 'em coming!

    My fishing partner for NH Pawtuckaway Night Open will be Ray Davis.
    This pre-tournament activity in this note is less than the one's in
    the past. What happen to all those Bass fishing ego's? Did they all
    move South, or did everyone find out that Don Mac is the best bass
    angler in New Hampshire. Just funning Don, let's get so noise going in 
    this note.
    
    Kliff,
      

    Yeap, I think Kliff's right... I scared `em off...  
    
    Don Mac
    
    btw - my partner is Dave Gendron
    

     
     If you guys can fit another boat in the water count me in
     Mike BassBuster Gallo and Jim Connelly . We saved the best
     for last. Only kidding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

        
    
         Big Kenny from the north country, and his son Little
          Kenny. Please count us in. Hey anybody have a couple
          of lures they can lend me!!!!!!!!

     Add another team to the list Lee and Carol Geibel, what the heck
    if she fish's in the tourney like she has been lately look out.....
    
    
    
    
           Hey Kenny Carol probably has some lures you could use.......
    
    
    
    
      the ones with no hooks!!!     have fun.
    
                                                       Lee
    

Here's the entries for the July 8th Pawtuckaway BASH!


"HoleShot" Joe & "Fish Factory" Fletcher
DonMac & Dave Gendron
"Doctah" Levesque & Reggie "Crank 'em in" Ouellette
"Lavender" Jack & TBA
Keith "Spinnerbait" Dilsworth & TBA
Joe Tauras & Joe "Sookie" Martinez
Kliff Ealy & Ray Davis
Mister & Misses MassMaster Lange
"Bass-O-Matic" Vachon & "Fatso" ?
Joel Jaffe & TBA
Mike Paul & Jerry Smith
Mike "Bassbuster" Gallo & Jim Connelly
Kenny Blodgett & Kenny Blodget (jr)
Lee "Puddle Jumper" Geibel & Carol Geibel
Rick Palmer & Paul Duemmling 

 That's a little more like it! Now, just a few more to fatten up the pot
for some (lucky) angler.

 If any of you with TBD partners AND a boat would like a partner, I have a 
friend who would like to participate. He's kinda a beginner, but he has alot of
shit luck. Let me know if you're interested.

 The  Doctah

    The back deck will be occupied by Rick 'Sky' King. 

From RT 93 (north or south), head East on RT 101.  Take Exit 5 (it's marked
Pawtuckway St. Pk.).   At the end of the exit ramp, turn right.  Go thru one 
set of lights (past McDonald's golden arches).  At the second set of traffic
lights, turn left (you must go either right or left). 

Take your first right (within 50 yards of traffic light).  Go approximately 
6 miles (do not follow sate park signs - you're not going into the park) to 
a small 4-corner intersection.  There are several old colonial homes on the 
corners of this intersection.  Turn left and go about 2.2 miles.  The dirt 
road to the ramp is on the LEFT and forks off the road in a "Y."  Follow the 
dirt to the ramp.

See y'all there!

    My partner is all set.  The "Ringer" will join me in the Winner's
    Circle.

    keith

    Due to a few circumstances, the team of Lange & Lange regretfully
    withdraw our entry...
    
    It would be far too expensive for us, being our Black Lake,N.Y.
    vacation is just
    around the corner (2 weeks) got to watch the cash flow...Sorry, and
    good luck to all....
    ...and Joe, go easy on all the perch jerkers,will ya?!
    
    
    MassMaster

 Boo- hiss. :-)

 Oh well. I just hope it doesn't start an avalanche. Have fun in NY.

 The Doctah

>> Boo- hiss. :-)

DITTO!

Too bad, Jeff.  I really wanted to see Misses MassMaster clean your clock!

Geez...if you had a real positive attitude about this tourney, you could end 
up MAKING $$$ for your NY trip! 

Have fun and hope to see ya both at the next one.

-HSJ-

P.S.  Yuh, I'll go easy on these "perch-jerkers."

    Change the TBD on my entry to
    
    Joel and Randy (The Doctah's friend)  The official Dark Horse Entrants
    
    I just love to give away money - too bad I don't have any to give
    away.

Here's the entries for the July 8th Pawtuckaway Twi-night tourney!


"HoleShot" Joe & "Fish Factory" Fletcher
DonMac & Dave Gendron
"Doctah" Levesque & Reggie "Crank 'em in" Ouellette
"Lavender" Jack & Rick "Sky" King
Keith "Spinnerbait" Dilsworth & "The Ringer"
Joe Tauras & Joe "Sookie" Martinez
Kliff Ealy & Ray Davis
"Bass-O-Matic" Vachon & "Fatso" ?
Joel Jaffe & Randy "Lure in a tree" Beltz
Mike Paul & Jerry Smith
Mike "Bassbuster" Gallo & Jim Connelly
Kenny Blodgett & Kenny Blodgett (jr)
Lee "Puddle Jumper" Geibel & Carol Geibel
Rick Palmer & Paul Duemmling 

 Quick call"Rippleys Believe it or not" because my partners wife is
     letting him go to the tourney! So the Bass-O-Matic & Fatso are
    a definate!
    
    Bass-O-Matic
     

    Everyone try to be there by 2:15-2:30 so we can get everyone in the
    wa-wa by 3:00 (and moving.) Try to keep a low profile ESPECIALLY if
    you see ANYONE with a badge or funny unifrom. As long as we are low
    key we should be all set.
    
    I'll be there by 2:15 to start signing you guys in. 
    
     May the best team win!
    
     The  Doctah

Given that the launch ramp area is very small and there's very little room 
for all the boats, I'd suggest that once you've paid your fees to the Doctah 
that you motor out around the corner and wait.  At 3:00, the Doctah can then 
motor out to start this fun event.

See y'all there and good luck!

-HSJ-

         ******** Pawtuckaway Tourney Official Results ********

 Out of the 14 teams that originally signed up, 11 teams showed up. Not bad.

 Of the 11 teams that showed, 7 teams caught legal sized fish. 

 Here is the breakdown:

 Team       	       		#	biggest		total weight	place
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Joel Jaffe, Randy Beltz     	0	   0		   0		8th

HSJ, FFFletcher			7	  3-11		  12-6		2nd

Don Mac, Dave Gendron		6	  n/w		   8-12		4th

The Doctah, Reggie Oullette	0	   0		   0		8th

Lavender Jack, Sky King		2	  n/w		   2-2		6th

Keith Dilsworth, The Ringer	8	  3-13		  13-3		1st

Joe Taurus, Sookie Martinez	0	   0		   0		8th

Sandbag-o-matic Vachon, Fatso	3	  5-4!!!	  11-4		3rd

Mike Paul, Jerry Smith		2 	  n/w		   2-10		5th

Bassbuster Gallo, Jim Connelly  0	   0		   0		8th

Rick Palmer, Paul Duemmling	2	  n/w		   2-6		7th
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Congratulations to all of the participants; they are all winners. But a
special measure of respect must go to the top three teams who managed to catch
plenty of fish where the rest of us merely gave our lures a bath and got
casting practice. :-)

 My hat's off to Sandbag-0-matic Vachon and Fatso who so completely fooled
us about getting "skunked." They were the big winners for the day, out earning
the 1st place team by scarfing the hawg pool with a pair of monstrous 5+ lbers.
Quite impressive.

 HSJ and FFF did an excellent job as well, catching some fine fish, and
presiding over the weigh in. Thanks for your help HSJ!

 Obviously, we can't fail to applaud Keith "Spinnerbait" Dilsworth and the
Ringer for their fine performance, proving that consistency wins tournaments.
Great fishing, guys!

 Don Mac & co deserve mention as well, for a fine performance that fell just
short of placing in the money.

 The Doctah got skunked, basically. While fooling around before the tourney
started, I caught a 13" bass (which, of course, went right back in). This
obviously pissed off the bass god, eliminating my chances to catch another
decent fish the rest of the day. :-(

 All in all, it was a good tourney. I had fun. See you all next time.

 The Doctah

    Thanks for doing a fine job running the tournament Doc, we had a good
    time.
    
    That pair of 5+lbers was something else...
    
    don mac

     Hey Doctah! nice job on the tourney!! I would like to take this
    moment to thank everyone for their hard earn money and hope we
    get to do this again soon!! 
    
    The reason that we told everyone that we got skunked was a payback
    for HSJ because last year at the Stumpfield tourney Joe was checking
    everyones live wells and he looked at ours and said "wow, looks
    like you guys won!!" so we were in the lead after our weigh in and
    then Joe pulls his catch out and beats us out of the first place
    and the lunker pool. So we decided to bust HSJ chops this year and
    weigh our catch after he weighed his in. 
    
    Now for a note on those two beauty's my partner caught. Both 5lbs
    were caught on a purple metal flake 8 inch worm in the shallows.
    Boy, I couldn't believe it when he pulled the first one in and
    then when he caught the second one I knew for sure we were in the
    money.
    
    Bass-O-Matic
    

    
Ok..Ok.. I guess I had it coming.  Congrats to Bass-O-Matic & partner for a 
great pair of hawgs.  And thanks to Doctah for a good job and all others for 
joining in on this fun event.

Chris & I had prefished Pawtuckaway last Monday and got on fish in about 12' 
of water.  I took them on a smoke/red-flake grub.  Saturday, we did some 
cruising and checked the water temps.  We located fish again at 12 feet, and 
after checking the water temps, found the thermocline was also at 12-13'.  
The water temp would drop from 72 degrees to 67 when it passed thru that 
depth.  So even though a serious cold front had passed thru the night 
before, we both believed that the bass had not been significantly affected 
because they were still holding at that depth.

The gun goes off at 3:00 P.M. and we're off.  But for 3 solid hours, all we 
could produce were about 8-9 shorts.  Finally, I decided it was time to 
change tactics and head for the shallows.  Chris finally nailed a keeper in 
2' of water and my first cast into a 3' weed bed with a buzzbait produced a 
3lb 11oz bass (our biggest of the night).  The same weed bed produced a 3 
lber the previous Monday!

At that point we moved into some coves and we caught 5 more keepers...all
with topwater baits.  Sad to say, Chris and I BOTH got fish on at the same
time so neither of us could net for the other.  I got my bass to the boat
first so I simply lifted it up and over the gunnel.  Unfortunately, the big
treble hooks didn't hold and the bass (a 1 lb keeper) hit the gunnel and
flopped overboard.  Chris' bass was a dink and did nothing for us!  Oh
well....all in all, still a great time! 

NOW...WHEN ARE WE DOING IT AGAIN???

WHO'S READY FOR A STUMPFIELD TOURNEY IN EARLY AUGUST??

-HSJ-  (headed_for_the_west_coast_and_back_on_the_17th)